Youngblood

Got me hooked on reading more than illustrated queer comics again loved the enemies to lovers slowburn and the tension with the school setup would 100% recommend the queer superior vamp story to twilight we all needed i couldnt put it down a thick book too so plenty to get lost in

A great read, all the way through. It does some very interesting thing with the concept of vampires.Can we please, please get a sequel about Evangeline sorting out her feelings about girls and having her own sapphic romance? She was easily my favorite character in the book and I want to see where her story goes.

I enjoyed the story but I think I need to quit reading YA books or maybe it is small independent publishers that I need to avoid. The tale is good but the editing wasn't, dropped words, double words, just distract me to much.

Being neither a fan of vampire lore, nor a lesbian, nor a habitual reader of YA fiction in general, I was not sure what to expect when a friend strongly recommended Sasha Laurens’s Youngblood on the basis of the author’s professional expertise in studying dissident communities under authoritarian political regimes. To my surprise, once I started reading the book I could not put it down. The narrative was well-structured and suspenseful. The characters were sympathetic and believable (even as vampires with centuries-long backstories). Some themes were universal: the anxiety of a lower-class person attempting to fit in among peers of a higher status without losing her values or sense of purpose, the push-and-pull of teenage love, the evils committed by a greedy business intent on smothering philanthropic innovation. It’s an entertaining tale with an optimistic vision – check it out!

I really, really wanted to love this book. A sapphic vampire story at a boarding school? Some secret society stuff going down? Mystery? Enemies to lovers? All those things check my boxes! And yet, the book didn’t quite deliver. I didn’t really like either of the MCs and, to be honest, their whole relationship was just flat. All the events seemed forced and a bit too predictable. This just wasn’t the book for me.

This book literally inspired me to start reading books again. I usually only read fanfiction, mostly because I enjoy the freedom fanfic writers have in their storytelling, and I've also never really been a fan of vampire stories. (Twilight killed it for me.) But this book was given to me as a gift and since I myself identify as a lesbian, I figured, what the heck. I'll give it a try. I started to read it and literally could not put it down. I love the style in which it was written, the storyline, the mystery, the slow burn, everything! It was so good! I will definitely keep an eye on future books Sasha may write. Really, really enjoyed the experience of reading this book. Thanks for writing it, Sash! Loved it.